April 12, 2007
SITE CHECK: Hello, dog
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I TOLD YOU SO
Sometimes itâs worth giving yourself a pat on the back and thatâs just what Iâm going to do today. While the rest of the baseball world was in a state...
Strange Bedfellows
It may have famously tanked over the weekend, but the "Grindhouse'' hype machine grinds on with new features that were assigned by editors weeks ago. Among the worthier entries is...
The University of Rachel Zoe
Well, not quite yet, but a university in the UK is going to be awarding degrees in the fashion styling field in an intensive 3 year program.This little nugget from...
Blueshirts Playoff Action Begins Tonight
Last year, the Rangers' playoff appearance was more like a cameo. They appeared briefly on stage and were overshadowed, and drubbed, by the Devils. This year, the Devils are facing...
Deal of the Day
We heart Anthropologie; especially when their togs are on sale.This silk chiffon Harmless Crush V-Neck blouse covered in cute Couers started at $88 and is now going for $39.99.It also...
Between the Sheets
"It's about time a movie did for tabloid journalism what 'Pretty Woman' did for prostitution. One small step for reporters, one giant leap for getting into Bruce Willis' pants'' --...
Playoff Recap
Patrick Rissmiller (34) watches the puck go in for his game-winning goal. Click to enlarge.San Jose endured against Nashville in a 2OT game that epitomized what playoff hockey is all...
Alan Smithee, Comeback Kid
Alan Smithee is back, and he's got a couple of new gigs. Smithee, of course, is the DGA-sanctioned alias that was long used by directors who didn't want to put...
Turkey Talk 6
Merhaba (that's hello in Turkish) from the Istanbul Film Festival. ''Brand Upon the Brain!'' the latest from Canadian retro auteur Guy Maddin, unreeled here on Wednesday, and it is as...
SHRINK WRAPPED
WHEN I think about losing an inch from my thighs, I think of months of grueling workouts, sweat and pain. So anything that promises the same results in one hour...
HAUTE LIST
Beach bikini blastoff! DON'T be fooled by the cool temperatures - while swimsuit season may not have officially arrived, swimsuit shopping season is in full swing. In fact, department and...
BRUSSELS SPOUTS CHARM
IF ever an opera lent itself to flurries of visual fantasy, surely it's Mozart's ritualistic fairy tale "The Magic Flute." And fantasy was there in plenty when Brussels' distinguished Theatre...
PITIFUL SCENE IN U.S. HISTORY WELL-STAGED
THE Roosevelt administration's indifference to the plight of European Jews during the Holocaust is the subject of "The Accomplices," the passionate historical drama presented by the New Group. This first...
STAIRWAY TO HELL
WITHIN the modest confines of the Connelly Theater, the Transport Group has quietly been doing very impressive work for the last several years, both with provocative new works and vintage...
STARR REPORT
'Little' bit of news TLC will announce that it's renewed "Little People, Big World" for a third season. The reality show built around the Roloff family - comprised of little...
SMOOTH 'UNDERBELLY'
IF ever a sitcom had "hate it" written all over it in my mind, it was ABC's new sitcom, "Notes From The Underbelly." Seeing how it's a comedy about pregnancy,...
SELLECK GAMBLES ON 'VEGAS'
TOM Selleck is returning to TV. The former "Magnum, P.I." star is in discussions to join "Las Vegas," replacing James Caan, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Selleck would play "the...
A LEG UP
'DANCING with the Stars," TV's other top-rated reality show, now has its own version of "American Idol" lightning-rod Sanjaya Malakar - one-legged hoofer Heather Mills. A large part of the...
'PRISON BREAK' STAR TO PLEAD GUILTY
FORMER "Prison Break" star Lane Garrison will plead guilty to manslaughter next month for driving a car in which a teenaged boy was killed. Garrison's attorney, Harland Braun, told TMZ.com...
'LATINO' LOVE FOR SANJAYA
SANJAYA Malakar is safe - again! The plucky teen, whose amazing run on "American Idol" is driving some fans crazy, made it through another round of the talent show last...
'STRANGER' THAN FICTION
SAVE the money you were going to spend on journalism school, kids - all you need is the new Halle Berry movie! Remember how the buxom Oscar winner completely nailed...
BREAKING NEW UNDERGROUND
ALTHOUGH his DIY flicks influenced Andy Warhol, Federico Fellini, John Waters and countless music-video directors, among others, the legendary underground filmmaker Jack Smith (1932-1989) is barely remembered today. "Jack Smith...
IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY
You've hidden yourself away long enough - now you must get out into the world and remind everyone what they have been missing. Socially and romantically this looks like being...
PEDESTRIAN DEATHS DROP
Deaths and injuries to pedestrians on city streets have declined dramatically in recent years, according to figures released yesterday, even as relatives of recent victims called for more emphasis on...
TERROR WHISTLEBLOW BILL
Queens Assemblyman Rory Lancman yesterday announced he will be sponsoring a bill to prevent whistleblowers from being sued for acting on the informal "if you see something, say something" policy....
KATIE COUGAR
Who cares about ratings when you've got your very own hunky triathlete on the mark and ready to go? Katie Couric's dishy new boy toy is a good-looking, physically fit,...
PERSECUTOR PROSECUTOR 'IMPOSSIBLE' TO SUE
The three Duke students fully cleared yesterday in a racially charged rape case have virtually no legal recourse against the prosecutor accused of overzealously pursuing the case, experts say. "It's...
NYCERS LOW ON GIULIANI
Rudy Giuliani, who leads presidential polls across the country, is getting more bad reviews than good ones in his hometown, according to a NY1 news poll. Giuliani gets a thumbs-down...
B'KLYN FAREWELL FOR HERO MARINE
One hundred police officers lined the streets outside a Brooklyn church yesterday at the funeral of a fellow cop's son, a Marine who died in Iraq. Pfc. Miguel Marcial III,...
VICTIMS PRESS FOR GRANNY BILL
A pair of scrappy seniors beaten by a ferocious mugger last month added some muscle yesterday to a proposal to stiffen penalties for elder-bashers. Rose Morat, the 101- year-old woman...
ATTACK OF THE KILLER LESBIANS
One of them was "slightly pretty," so the freelance film director decided to say hi. Next thing he knew, he was encircled, beaten and knifed in the gut right there...
COCKFIGHT DEN IN BASEMENT
An illegal cockfighting operation was discovered in the basement of a Harlem building last night, cops said. More than 50 chickens, most of them roosters, were taken out of 312...
'NO HOPE' FOR TRAGIC BIKER GAL
Relatives of a young motorcyclist who was mowed down by a hit-and-run SUV driver plan to remove her from life support as early as today, they told The Post yesterday....
LYNNE'S 'LIAR'
Like mother, like daughter. A daughter of terror lawyer Lynne Stewart was so intent on being present in court when her mother was sentenced to prison on fraud and other...
SPA: HOTEL $HEARED OUR NAME
Holy sheep! A Swiss spa renowned for using sheep cells in its lotions is suing the Ritz-Carlton, charging the Central Park South hotel stole its name to pull the wool...
RAT EATERIES LOST MILLION$
The Health Department's rampage against rats after the KFC/Taco Bell debacle has cost shuttered eateries at least "several million dollars" in lost business, the head of the city's restaurant group...
9/11 KID'S BENEFITS
The city yesterday awarded full benefits to the daughter of Detective James Zadroga - whose death from lung disease contracted at Ground Zero led to a new law providing more...
FEDS BUST 22 BRONX DRUG THUGS
Nearly two dozen members of a violent drug gang that plagued The Bronx have been hit with a slew of federal charges, from robbing and shooting at rival dealers to...
MEATPACKING DISTRICT IS NOW HISTORIC
The Meatpacking District - home to some of the city's trendiest restaurants and nightspots - has been added to New York state's list of historic places, officials said yesterday. Property...
JAYSON'S PROSECUTION SCORES BIG
The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled yesterday that jurors in the upcoming manslaughter trial of Jayson Williams can hear how he allegedly tried to cover up the killing of a...
'SEX-TRYST' COPS ARE INN TROUBLE
A Port Authority Police lieutenant has been arrested and a second lieutenant is under investigation in connection with the theft of agency funds to stay overnight in hotels - and...
'INSIDER' STORY FOR CIG KIDS
It's not likely that any student at IS 61 in Queens is going to sneak a cigarette after hearing about the dangers from tobacco whistleblower Jeffrey Wigand. Wigand, played by...
SUB-PRIME LOAN BUBBLE IN CITY
A startling 50 percent of homeowners in five of the city's poorest neighborhoods are holding sub-prime mortgage loans, it was reported yesterday. NYU's Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban...
ELIOT'S WAR CHEST FOR DEM PALS
ALBANY, N.Y. - Gov. Spitzer, who some say has eyes on a future presidential bid, has created a federal political-action committee to give money to candidates across the country, it...
NYU SCAM KID JAILED
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - NYU scammer Hakan Yalincak got slapped with 42 months in prison yesterday for swindling investors in his phony hedge fund out of $8.8 million by posing...
B'KLYN DRUG ARSENAL FOUND
Brooklyn cops found a mini-arsenal in a suspected drug dealer's home early yesterday, authorities said. Christopher Ocera, 42, and Danny Dispigno, 28, were nabbed in the middle of a dope...
QUIZ IN '72 COP KILLING
Thirty-five years after one of the NYPD's most notorious cop killings, detectives plan to reinterview witnesses to the chaotic scene inside the Harlem mosque where Officer Philip Cardillo was slain,...
SINGER A J-SLOW TAXPAYER
Singer Marc Anthony failed to file returns or pay taxes on $15 million in personal and corporate income for five years straight, Manhattan prosecutors announced yesterday. Mr. J.Lo must fork...
TENSE 50-SHOT 'JUDGE'MENT DAY
The NYPD detectives who gunned down Sean Bell in a barrage of 50 bullets faced the judge who'll preside over their manslaughter and reckless-endangerment trial yesterday. It was a tense...
NIXZMARY-DAD DNA FIGHT
Lawyers for the stepfather of Nixzmary Brown challenged DNA evidence linking him to the child's death yesterday, alleging detectives didn't have proper consent before they clipped the alleged murderer's fingernails...
BRIT'S TEARS OF A CLOWN
A British sailor who sold his story of being held hostage in Iran has become a laughingstock after admitting his captors made him cry by comparing him to a comedy...
LARRY'S DADDY DOODY
NASSAU, Bahamas - Howard K. Stern and former arch-nemesis Larry Birkhead shared a tender moment Tuesday night - cooing, cuddling and mutually changing the diaper of Birkhead's newly declared daughter,...
DUKE KIDS BEAT 'ROGUE' DA
North Carolina's chief law enforcer yesterday tossed the entire sensational and racially charged case against three Duke University lacrosse players, saying there was no evidence a sex attack ever occurred...
'SPRING'-ING BACK
SARATOGA SPRINGS - State officials yesterday pledged to restore the Saratoga Spa State Park's world-famous mineral baths to their former greatness, confirming a Post exposé about the waters' shocking, secret...
MSNBC PULLS THE PLUG ON IMUS
MSBNC abruptly dumped Don Imus' radio-show simulcast yesterday, bowing to massive political and corporate pressure over racist and sexist slurs the shock jock uttered last week. The cable network had...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
QUEENS This brazen bandit used a gun to hold up two bodegas in Queens and one in the Bronx, police said yesterday. He first struck in the South Bronx on...
LET THE LIAR BE NAMED & SHAMED
HER name is Crystal Gail Man gum. She is the woman who falsely accused three Duke University students of rape. Yesterday, the attorney general of North Carolina came forward and...
TIME FOR SORRY SHOCK JOCK TO SHUT UP
THIS is what happens when you can't shut your mouth. It's Damage Control 101: When involved in a scandal, stop talking about it and others will (hopefully) stop talking about...
DUKE CASE: WILL THE TIMES APOLOGIZE?
REVERSE the races, change the sport, and you have the Kobe Bryant "rape" hoax all over again. It frightens me that, in this day and age, three demonstrably innocent men...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Wed.: 567; Lucky Sum: 18 / Midday Win-4 Wed.: 4149; Lucky Sum: 18 / Evening Nos. Wed.: 007; Lucky Sum: 7 / Evening Win-4 Wed.: 6605;...
THE DURHAM TRAVESTY
It's about time. North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper yesterday dropped all charges against three for mer Duke lacrosse players accused of raping a stripper at an off-campus party -...
BLACKMAIL FROM THE BENCH
New York Chief Justice Judith Kaye is giving new meaning to the term "ac tivist" jurist - by becoming an activist herself on behalf of . . . herself and...
CIA CHIEF'S PLAME GAMES
SEATED at the Washington Gridiron dinner March 31, I was interrupted by a man crouching at my feet who was dressed Air Force formal with the four stars of a...
GLOBAL-DE-GOOP
IN a campaign without peace time precedent, the media- entertainment-environ mental complex is warning about global warming. Never, other than during the two world wars, has there been such a...
SCHOOLYARD THUG
IT'S been a rotten week for Don Imus. On Mon day, he was suspended from his radio show. On Tuesday, Proctor and Gamble and Staples announced they'd stop sponsoring his...
OBAMA: THE UN-HILLARY
WHY is Sen. Barack Obama moving up in the '08 presiden tial polls and in the financial sweepstakes? Because he is, in every respect, the un-Hillary. Most surveys have Obama...
DON IMUS' FOUL PLAY: HYPE AND HYPOCRISY
Apparently, only African-Americans are permitted to use the kind of language on the air that Don Imus did - the rest of us must bear the consequences ("Don Ho!" April...
TOLERANCE IN THE WEST BANK
I agree with Robert D. Novak about many issues, but when it comes to Israel, he seems incapable of thinking rationally ("Arab Christians Head for Exits," PostOpinion, April 9). Once...
PRINCE'S HEIR
Even as Citigroup plunges Wall Street into its worst jobs bloodbath in years, the banking giant is also being wracked by a boardroom struggle over who'll be anointed to lead...
THOMSON MANAGES $WEET EXIT
The Citigroup boss ousted four months ago over his Maria "Money Honey" Bartiromo scandal is getting even with the embattled bank. Todd Thomson, 46, is said to have worked out...
FOOL'S GOLD: THE MYSTERIOUS PASTORINI BID
I'D like to see Edward Pastorini's checkbook. In fact, I'd be happy just to see Mr. Pastorini. He's the mystery investor who says - according to Bloomberg News and repeated...
HOME DEPOT CASE REVIVED
A judge has rattled the rafters at Home Depot by ordering that a whistleblower case brought against the company be reopened due to allegedly false testimony from two witnesses who...
GAP SHAPES UP
Gap Inc.'s darkest days could be behind it, according to an analyst who upgraded the stock yesterday. "While we acknowledge that there is still work to be done, we are...
NBC & CITADEL GAIN 6 MOS. FOR ION BID
NBC Universal and hedge fund Citadel Investment Group have extended an exclusivity agreement in their takeover bid for Ion Media Networks - a sign they plan to aggressively pursue the...
MUSICAL CHAIRS
At least a dozen bidders lined up yesterday for a chance to buy Famous Music, the music publish ing catalog owned by Vi acom that controls the rights to songs...
COMCAST ACQUIRES FANDANGO FOR PORTAL
Cable company Comcast Corp., which is also one of the nation's largest broadband providers, said yesterday that it would acquire movie ticket-selling Web site Fandango.com as part of a plan...
CONRAD PADDED BONUSES
The largely blue-collar jury at Conrad Black's fraud and racketeering trial heard yesterday that millions of dollars in bonuses for certain executives was tacked on at the last minute as...
NYSE SLAPS S&P ANALYST
A high-profile research analyst was sanctioned yesterday by regulators for maintaining a secret brokerage account in which he traded against his own recommendations. The New York Stock Exchange tagged Paul...
KFC GENERATES BUZZZ
KFC's new TV spot is generating buzz - literally. The latest ad for the fried-chicken chain is imbedded with a special, high-frequency sound that not everyone can hear. The inventors...
WRITER'S BLOCK
Author Jay McInerney will have a great view of the bright lights and the big city now that he and his publishing-heiress wife Anne Hearst have bought a new downtown...
POINTS OF IMPACT
MY daughter will be 5 next September and ready to start kindergarten. I was rather excited when her kindergarten packet landed in the mailbox recently. But when I opened the...
SOMETHING ABOUT MURRAYAFTER DECADES OF CATERING TO THE POST-COLLEGE CROWD, MURRAY HILL FINALLY STARTS ACTING ITS AGE
KATHERINE Ainsworth has big ideas for Murray Hill. "It doesn't have a brunch place that's kinda cute," she says. The brunch place everyone goes to - Penelope - is always...
DREAM HOMES
Laurel Hollow, L.I. $4.55 million On a clear day, you can see forever - or at least all the way across Long Island Sound to Connecticut from this grand Georgian-style...
HOUSES OF THE WEEK
North Flushing, Queens $1.399 million Bedrooms: 5 Bathrooms: 3 ½ Lot square feet: 11,484 Proving again that suburban-style living can be found in New York City, this "magnificent" brick-and-stone center-hall...
JUST SOLD!
Manhattan CHINATOWN $598,000 165 Park Row Renovated one-bedroom, one-bath co-op, 800 square feet, with stainless-steel kitchen with granite countertops, dining area, home-office alcove, renovated bath with Jacuzzi and balcony; Chatham...
PRICE POINTS
Two brokers want the exclusive to sell my apartment. Both seem very qualified, but each has presented a very different ideal selling price, which has me confused. Why the disparity...
CHILD'S PLAY
When publicist and Kidville co-founder Shari Misher Stenzler transformed her 4-year-old daughter Kylie's nursery into a toddler's bedroom, she custom-designed a desk with a chair in the most delicate of...
VITRUVIUS CRUISES TO VICTORY
Southwestern Heat, first foal of Maryland-based superstar sprinter Xtra Heat, whose 26 wins included many races in N.Y., broke his maiden yesterday at Laurel Park by 13 lengths. * Steve...
HONDO SAILING ALONG
Barry and the Giants were useless in San Diego last night, which stopped Hondo's winning streak at seven and cut his earnings all the way down to 505 lees. Today,...
SOONER STAR HEEDS PLIGHT OF PACMAN
Memo to new NFL commissioner Roger Goodell: Your message has been received loud and clear. Goodell, in his first major action since succeeding Paul Tagliabue, on Tuesday announced the season-long...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Bledsoe retiresDrew Bledsoe retired yesterday, ending a 14-season career in which he made two Super Bowls. The top overall pick by New England in the 1993 draft out of...
JUST VIN, BABY
The Devils sought him in 2001, stifled him in 2003, and sweat him now. Shutting down Vincent Lecavalier is their first task in the first round. The Lightning captain led...
GIANTS, JETS SQUARE OFF ON OCT. 7
Apparently, the multiple television outlets that broadcast NFL football believe the Giants will either be an excellent team or, at the very least, an intriguing one to watch. The Giants...
UNDERDOG ISLES READY
BUFFALO - The Sabres are fast, almost as fast as the Islanders have been written off. "No chance," Randy Robitaille said with a smirk yesterday on the way to a...
END IS NEAR
It was a fitting final act late Tuesday, the Knicks causing a ruckus after the humiliating 29-point massacre, a 98-69 loss to the Bulls. The Knicks did not go quietly...
IT'S BUY-GONES FOR OLD SHEA
If you're hoping to see Shea Stadium eventually crumble into a pile of debris, with a dramatic implosion, forget it. Mets COO Jeff Wilpon said yesterday the city won't allow...
AARON BRINGS HIS AA-GAME
Aaron Sele filled his job description nicely last night, even if the Mets never got around to rewarding him with a victory. Called from the bullpen after Oliver Perez's walkathon...
METS SEE OLLIE OUT OF CONTROL
Before last night's 5-2 loss to the Phillies, Mets manager Willie Randolph called pitcher Oliver Perez a "work in progress." Against Philadelphia, the lefty looked more like a work in...
PEREZ EPITOMIZES AMAZIN' TROUBLES
METS fans were hammering Jimmy Rollins during batting practice. Rollins took every insult and fired back time and again. At one point he told the screaming fans behind the Mets...
MILLEDGE SET FOR MOVE TO TRIPLE-A
Lastings Milledge knows what is probably coming. He knows that he'll likely get called in after tonight's game with the Phillies and be told he's heading to Triple-A New Orleans....
RJ'S PLAY REIGNITES 'BIG 3'
CLEVELAND - Suddenly, the Nets' Big Three of Jason Kidd, Vince Carter and Richard Jefferson has resembled just that: the Big Three. Not the Big Two And An Injured Guy....
BLUESHIRT BELIEVERS
ATLANTA - It took nearly two-thirds of the season for last year's Rangers to fully evolve into this year's team. What happened a year ago against the Devils no longer...
TWIN KILLING
MINNEAPOLIS - Eight games into the season and two-fifths of the Yankees' rotation is dealing with barking hamstrings, and Kyle Farnsworth can't be counted on in tight spots. With ace...
JETER JUMPS TO HONOR JACKIE
MINNEAPOLIS - Joe Torre, Derek Jeter and Robinson Cano will join Mariano Rivera wearing "42" Sunday in Oakland against the A's to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's major-league...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A Maine bed-and-breakfast owner busted for installing a hidden bathroom camera says he was just trying to catch an employee he suspected of damaging property. Clinton Zimmerman and his wife...
Time for the Great One to Go?
So, the Associated Press reports that the hapless Phoenix Coyotes cleaned house today, ousting GM Mike Barnett and his assistant, and its director of hockey operations, Cliff Fletcher. That's pretty...
RED BULLS Chase THE ANIMAL?
With the home opener _ and the transfer window _ both Sunday, time is running out for the Red Bulls to fill their glaring hole at forward. Has their never-ending...